Brandon believed those two slaps would frighten us into submission.
Instead, they woke me up.
The five seconds I spent silently counting before walking away became the most powerful five seconds of my entire life.
In those five seconds, I stopped asking myself how I could save a toxic marriage.
For the first time, I asked myself how much of my soul I would lose if I stayed.
The answer was clear.
So I walked away.
And I have never regretted it for a single second.
